Casket-handle.



E. R. SARGENT.

CASKET HANDLE APPLICATION FILED SEPT-14, 1916.

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Application filed September 14, 1 9 16. Serial No. 120,090.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARGENT, a citizen of the'United States, residing in the city and countyof New Haven and State of G0nnecticut,.ha-ve invented certain new and useful Imp'rovementsin Casket-Handles, of which the following 'is' a full, clear, "and exact description. 7 x 3 This invention relates to casket handles, and more particularly to those constructed of sheet metal. The invention also pertains especially to handles of the type in which an arm adapted to support an elongated bar is pivoted within a hollow sheet metalsocket plate. f

@ne of the primary objects of the inven tion is to-provi'de simple and efficient means for. pivoting the arm: within the socket pl'ate inzan improved manner.

Another'object of the invention is to redu'ce the number of p'artsffacilitate the method of manufacture, and produce an artide of strong, durable but very'inexpensive construction.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and. combinations of parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 isa front'elevation of a casket handle embodying my improvements, with the handlebar omitted; Fig. 2:) is a rear elevation'of the handle shownin Fig. 1';' 1 "Fig. 3/is a' side elevation with certain parts-broken away thearm being inthe raised position Fig4- is a rear view similar to Fig. 2, showingthe arm'in'the raised position;

Fig. 5 is: a detail sectibn on line 5'-5 of Fi'ga4; and

Fig. dis a detail fragmentary rear view of the socket plate with-the armdetached'.

Inthe particular construction illustrated, the handle comprises. a; socket plate 6- pivotally supporting, anarr'n ,7, which is provided at its lower end with a socket 8 for a handle bar" of well known type .(not shown). The socket plate .6 is stamped up of sheet metal with a turned-inedge' as cus- .tomaryin many handles, 'therebycreating a hollow space .9 at the. back of theplate, and; said plate is provided; with the usual holes 10 for the passage of screws which secure' the plate 'to' the casket, box "or other article: The" arm 7' extends through an opening 11 cutfin the lower central part of the socket plate, and is pivotedto-the plate at the rean ofthe" front wallof the latter,

as hereinafter described.

- In theparticular'form shown, the arm 7 is substantially U-shap'ed in cross-section,

ftherebypresenting parallel 'rearw'ardly extending walls 12. The opening 11 in the socket plate is of rectangular form and of such size and' shape as to re'ceive the arm 7 with a rather snug fit, the-side walls 12 of the arm beingclose to the side'edgesof said opening. Atthe upper'part of the arm, the same is of lessdepth thanat the lower part, and each: of the-wal'ls12"is'formed atits upper extremity with" a hook-shaped abutment18: The-metal at the' side edges of the opening 11 is turned in to present parallel rearwardly extending walls :14 to which the arm is pivoted by a pivot pin 15. At the upper-partof each of thewalls 14c, anotch '16-is' provided for receiving thepivot pin,

said notches being open at't-he rear edges of the'respe'ctive-walls.

Inassembling? the handle, the arm is thrust through the opening 11 until its rear end "is some distance back of the" walls 14. The pivot pin 15-"isthen passed" transversely through the'inner end of the arm, for which purpose the walls 12 of the armare provided with. registering perforations 17. In* the particular form shown, these perforations-l7 arelocate'd closely adjacent 'the hoolesliaped abutments 13. The pin 15' is of such length 16. The pin is then suitably locked in the notches,forexample, by bending the portions of the walls 14 adjacent thenotches so as to produce small ,hcoks'18 which perand" so placed-in thearm: that its end portions extend laterally beyondthe respective sides of the arm. The pin being located in the inner end of'the arm; thelatter is'd'rawn forwardly so as to pull the projecting ends of the pin into the respective seats-or notches manently hold'the" pivot pin in the notches.

Thus,-the arm is pivoted between the walls 14 of the socket plate in a simple'but'substantialmanner'w r Whenvthe arts-are inthe assembled 0- sition, the PIVO'G' pin 15 .iseffectively pre- I vented from longitudinal displacement by the contour givento the front wall of the socket plate. It will be observed that this wall is bent inward at 6 to present inwardly extending portions which lie close to and oppositethe respective end surfaces of the pin. These portions, therefore, constitute abutments to limit the play of the pin in an endwise direction, and as a consequence it is unnecessary to providespecial means for locking the pin against movementlongitudinally thereof in the notches or seats 16.

When the handle is in use, the arm is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position, the hook-shaped abutments 13 at the inner end of the arm come into contact with cooperating abutments 19 on the respective walls 14. These abutments or stops 19 may be conveniently formed by indenting the metal ofthe walls 14:, as shown. In other words, opposite portions of the walls 14 are bent inwardly toward each other until they are in such a position as to lie in the path of the hooks 13 when the arm is raised, as shown particularly in Fig. 4. The stop projections 19 do not, however, interfere with the movement of the arm into the assembled position, as that portion of the arm which is located opposite these projections is shaped so as to clear the same. The abutment of the hooks 13 against the projections 19 takes up a part of the strain of lifting the box or other article when the arm is in the operative position. At this time, a portion of the front surface of the arm abuts the upper edge of the opening 11, as indicated at 20 in Fig. 3, and thus the strain is received at this point also. By taking up the strain at these two different points, it is effectively and evenly distributed.

It will'be apparent from the foregoing description that with my improved construction, the number of parts is reduced to a minimum, and that the improved handle while very strong and durable may be manu factured at a low cost.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction shown, I claim:

1. In a casket or like handle, the combination of a sheet metal socket plate having an opening with inturned edges, a pin extending between the inturned edge portions of said opening and mounted therein, said pin lying at the rear of the front wall of said plate, a separate arm pivoted to the plate by means of said pin and extending through said opening, and means bent up from the front'wall of the plate adjacent the ends of the-pin for preventing longitudinal displacement of the latter; substantially as described.

2. In a casket or like handle, the combination of a sheet metal socket plate having an opening therein and parallel inwardly as described.

extending walls turned in from the body of the socket plate at the.respective sides of said opening, the inner edges of said walls having notches therein, a pin engaging said notches and extending across said opening and clenched in said notches to prevent lateral movement out of the same, means adjacent the end of the pin for preventing lengthwise movement thereof, and a separate sheet metal arm passing through said opening and having side walls through which said pin is passed, said arm pivoted to said plate by means of said'pin; substantially. as described. I

3. In a casket or likehandle, the combination of a sheet metal socket plate having an opening therein and'in-wardly extending substantially parallel walls formed integral with said plate atthe respective sides of said opening, said walls formedto present stops, a pin engaging said walls and extending therebetween, and a separate arm in said opening pivoted to said plate by means of said pin and having parts to cooperate with said stops, substantially as described.

4. In a casket-or like handle, thecombination of a sheet metal socket plate having an opening and parallel inwardly extending walls with notches at the inner edges thereof, a pin extending between and engaged'in said notches, the walls of said notches being bent to close the same and prevent rearward movement of said pin out of saidnotches, said plate being bent rearwardly adjacent the ends of said pin for preventing endwise movement of the pin, and a separate arm located between said parallel walls and pivoted to said plate by means of said pin; substantially as described.

5. In a casket or like handle, the combination of a sheet metal socket plate having an opening in the front wall thereof with inwardly extending parallel sidewalls at the side edges of said opening, saidinwardly extending walls having notches at their inner edges, a transverse pin extending between said walls and fitting in said notches,

said notches being .closed to retainthe' pin therein, said plate having bent portions in its front wall adjacent therespective ends of said pin, so as :to-limit the longitudinal movement ofthe latter, andan arm extending through said opening in the socket plate, and through which said pin is passed transversely, the inner "end ofsaid arm having abutments, and stops formed on said inwardly extending walls below said pin to cooperate with said 6. In a casket'or like handle, the combination of a socket plate having an opening with inturned edge portions at the sides,

abutments substantially arm to cooperate with said stops; substanpivoted to said plate Within said opening tially as described. and above said stops, and hook-shaped abut- 7. Ina casket or like handle, the combinaments on the arm to cooperate with said 10 tion of a socket plate having an opening stops; substantially as described.

' With opposite inturned edge portions at the In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set sides, said edge portions indented to present my hand on the 13th day of September, 1916. stops extending toward each other, an arm EDWARD R. SARGENT.

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